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what happened to john boehner? >> man, i don't know, john boehner is just having a rough go of it. and here is the problem, the next thing he has to do -- you have to pass a farm bill. this is like the defense appropriations. i mean, i got an e-mail from a democratic member of congress today saying just for the record, we were able to pass our farm bill, there is good stuff, a lot of bad and good stuff, you have to pass it like the defense appropriations. so john boehner now, here is the fundamental problem, the 62 no-votes was because people thought there was not enough cuts, particularly on the food cuts. so if you're john boehner he has a calculation to make, a pre-staging, which is where do i go? where do i try to bring democrats back on board? and we've seen basically what that means, this farm bill amazingly will probably get worse in the next generation. >> well, i still don't understand the calculations, melissa, john boehner has not voted on a farm bill since 1996. they thought they had enough votes for it? but he was not sure. and after the plan b debacle, this is somebod
what happened to john boehner? >> man, i don't know, john boehner is just having a rough go of it. and here is the problem, the next thing he has to do -- you have to pass a farm bill. this is like the defense appropriations. i mean, i got an e-mail from a democratic member of congress today saying just for the record, we were able to pass our farm bill, there is good stuff, a lot of bad and good stuff, you have to pass it like the defense appropriations. so john boehner now, here is the...
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john boehner is speaker of the house. and he is a grown man with his own ideas and his own consistency. the point of the constitution and of our electoral system is that the president can't tell him what to do. he said he is willing to sign some compromise proposal between the two parties. he has gone on the road to tell the american people what he thinks they need to hear. we don't need more leadership from the white house. we need more leadership from the house, we need house republicans willing to compromise with senate democrats. and if that is not happening, if they're paralyzed because they can't move from an extreme position, then we need a media to hold them accountable for it. if we don't have that, then there is nothing the president can do but fold in the face of unreasonable demands. to do that would not be showing leadership either. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as
john boehner is speaker of the house. and he is a grown man with his own ideas and his own consistency. the point of the constitution and of our electoral system is that the president can't tell him what to do. he said he is willing to sign some compromise proposal between the two parties. he has gone on the road to tell the american people what he thinks they need to hear. we don't need more leadership from the white house. we need more leadership from the house, we need house republicans...
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john boehner is powerless with his on caucus. the idea of one of two parties in the country has not shown it is twulg pnot willing to put it of the gerrymandered districts. given where we are at. i mean my faith is much more with the house the democrats than it would be with the house republicans. what convinces them. what convinces the small group of people is? it pressure from the national media. because the it seems as if, not even that works? >> i know, preaching to the choir when i preach about the differentiation. not a small group of republicans. it's over 60% of the house republicans voted to shut down government. 80% of them, voted, when it was their bill, we were voting on. it wasn't our bill. it was their bill we were voting on. which we didn't like. but it was their proposal, and over 60% of them voted against their own bill to open up government. 80% of them voted unless you were from new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and a smatter of others from the rest of the country. 80% of the republicans voted against. 97% of
john boehner is powerless with his on caucus. the idea of one of two parties in the country has not shown it is twulg pnot willing to put it of the gerrymandered districts. given where we are at. i mean my faith is much more with the house the democrats than it would be with the house republicans. what convinces them. what convinces the small group of people is? it pressure from the national media. because the it seems as if, not even that works? >> i know, preaching to the choir when i...
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boehner's display of anger. >> i think john got his irish up. he was frustrated that the oppositions came up. i think these are very important elements within the conservative family. i would prefer to keep it within the family. i think the groups are valuable. they're part of our conservative family. i would prefer to keep the frustration within the family. i see the tea party as indispinsable. >> and again, paul ryan distanced himself from john boehner. >> i think john, his emotions got ahead of him a little bit. i credit the tea party with getting our mojo back. >> joining me now, steve smich and the washington post. steve, this just sounds like good cop bad cop. boehner said what he had to say. he's not taking that back. paul ryan gets out there and tries to talk in a way that some of the people who might be bothered with what boehner said will start to feel better. >> i think that john boehner had a message that is fundamentally directed to the profit crowd of the republican party. people who sit atop the profit wing of the republican party
boehner's display of anger. >> i think john got his irish up. he was frustrated that the oppositions came up. i think these are very important elements within the conservative family. i would prefer to keep it within the family. i think the groups are valuable. they're part of our conservative family. i would prefer to keep the frustration within the family. i see the tea party as indispinsable. >> and again, paul ryan distanced himself from john boehner. >> i think john, his...
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. >> pretty bad numbers on john boehner's report card. >> the debt ceiling is a dangerous game. >> i don't see that as a winner for them. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party. >> let's stop for a second. >> let's make clear decisions. >> the republican strategy. >> stop talking about rape. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party, get something done. >> we have to be the party of new solutions, we're not just going to be the party of no. >> it is groundhog day. >> the conservatives, the retreat, we've come a long way since. >> i'm ezra klein in for lawrence o'donnell, one of the great moments, when redford having just won the election, sits down on the bed taking it all in. the next few words are not just to ever film junky, pretty much to every political candidate. >> what do we do now? >> what do we do now? that is always the question, what do you do now when you have to govern? but it is not just a question that affects winners, sometimes losers of elections have to ask what do we do now? and for them the
. >> pretty bad numbers on john boehner's report card. >> the debt ceiling is a dangerous game. >> i don't see that as a winner for them. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party. >> let's stop for a second. >> let's make clear decisions. >> the republican strategy. >> stop talking about rape. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party, get something done....
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on one hand, john boehner who has been cagey on what he is going to do in the house, you might think you could slow walk this issue, it would sort of go away, the public would move on. i think we have seen at this point the public is not going to move on. this is still an issue that people care about, still enjoys over 90% approval, still has powerful forces behind it, and such an emotional desire in the country to see a change. >> john boehner is never afraid to say the president's ideas are dead in the house of representatives. he will not say that. he is saying we will look at whatever the senate passes. >> that's important. it is also important to look what the nra said about this compromise today, and their position was, well, the president doesn't like it, so it is kind of okay, even though we think it has no effect. if they need the foil of the president to say he's unhappy so it is okay, so be it. they all need to look like they're doing something, maybe not the nra but john boehner. >> thank you both for joining me. >>> coming up, the first lady makes gun safety personal wit
on one hand, john boehner who has been cagey on what he is going to do in the house, you might think you could slow walk this issue, it would sort of go away, the public would move on. i think we have seen at this point the public is not going to move on. this is still an issue that people care about, still enjoys over 90% approval, still has powerful forces behind it, and such an emotional desire in the country to see a change. >> john boehner is never afraid to say the president's ideas...
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tax cuts that were, of course, voted for by john boehner. joining me now are karen finney, former dnc communications director and ezra klein columnist for the washington post. both are msnbc analysts. it eliminates history that they lived themselves that some of them deserve credit for, which was what they actually did do in fighting deficits during the 1990s, that newt gingrich and president clinton both contributed a great deal to that effort. >> right, but that's not the strategy now. the strategy now seems to be driven far more by their fear of the tea party. and i mean that sincerely, there's no reason that john boehner, if he wanted to, he could stand up to the far right in his party, and he could be making those kinds of deals with president obama. there are enough democratic votes, there are enough moderate republicans, as we've seen time and again, to get those things done. time and again he seems like he's a man treading water, trying to stay one step ahead. they're on the senate side, these guys who are up for re-election are terr
tax cuts that were, of course, voted for by john boehner. joining me now are karen finney, former dnc communications director and ezra klein columnist for the washington post. both are msnbc analysts. it eliminates history that they lived themselves that some of them deserve credit for, which was what they actually did do in fighting deficits during the 1990s, that newt gingrich and president clinton both contributed a great deal to that effort. >> right, but that's not the strategy now....
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nia malika-henderson, when did john boehner get obsessed with this. the word was months ago he kind of wanted it to go away, they played it for all it was worth. >> that's right. at first you had romney playing it for all it was worth for awhile during the 2012 campaign. eventually he sort of let it go. >> getting a little embarrassed bill quiet you down on that subject. >> much to the display of john mccain and lindsey graham who wanted him to push further. john boehner realizes the base has been chomping at the bit around benghazi the last eight months. you had the president come out today say there is no there there. that's true. as much as they pushed this investigation along, had these hearings, issa said it was one of the most corrupt administrations in american history, here he goes with the benghazi hearings to prove his initial assessment. but again, there isn't much there that has come out of the latest hearings around this. and i think what you have here is we're seeing sort of a bureaucratic knife fight between the cia and defense departme
nia malika-henderson, when did john boehner get obsessed with this. the word was months ago he kind of wanted it to go away, they played it for all it was worth. >> that's right. at first you had romney playing it for all it was worth for awhile during the 2012 campaign. eventually he sort of let it go. >> getting a little embarrassed bill quiet you down on that subject. >> much to the display of john mccain and lindsey graham who wanted him to push further. john boehner...
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but the problem, the problem for john boehner is what came next. because pew then asked people, the 70-odd% of american voters who wanted deficit reduction or spending cuts, he asked them, okay, what do you want to cut? and the pollsters very helpfully provided them, the categories to choose from. energy, unemployment, foreign aid, poverty, health care, combatting crime, agriculture, roads, scientific research, social security security, medicare, food and drug inspection, environmental protection, veteran's benefits, and anti-terrorism defense. pick any of them, cut anything you want, 19 categories to cut, cut, cut, well, family feud time, guess which of those 19 categories the majority of people said they wanted to cut? yeah, you got it? okay, time is up. the answer is zero. of the 19 categories, there was not one, not a single category that the majority of voters wanted to cut. the only category that came close was foreign aid, 48% want to cut it, 49% don't want to cut foreign aid. and by the way, basically from the point of view of the budget it
but the problem, the problem for john boehner is what came next. because pew then asked people, the 70-odd% of american voters who wanted deficit reduction or spending cuts, he asked them, okay, what do you want to cut? and the pollsters very helpfully provided them, the categories to choose from. energy, unemployment, foreign aid, poverty, health care, combatting crime, agriculture, roads, scientific research, social security security, medicare, food and drug inspection, environmental...
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that is something john boehner pointed to saying we have looked to cutting. and then you actually look at the numbers, and they were called out on it today. it doesn't cut. so the plan and threat doesn't involve something they want to do. and the so-called cutting doesn't cut, because they can't shrink the government this way. >> so are we headed for another time-buying maneuver at the last minute that creates another 30-day window in which to decide this this? >> well, it looks like the sequester cuts will take some amount of time. maybe there is a solution there. it is hard to see, nobody is negotiating, nobody is working with each other. everybody is trying to figure out the best political position. >> and nothing until 11:00 p.m., until the sequester hits. >> it doesn't even seem like there are the movements towards negotiations. and it is hard for me to see, i think both sides feel like they prefer the sequester than to any deal that the other side is offering at this point. >> krystal ball and ari melber, thank you for joining us. >>> and we'll see more
that is something john boehner pointed to saying we have looked to cutting. and then you actually look at the numbers, and they were called out on it today. it doesn't cut. so the plan and threat doesn't involve something they want to do. and the so-called cutting doesn't cut, because they can't shrink the government this way. >> so are we headed for another time-buying maneuver at the last minute that creates another 30-day window in which to decide this this? >> well, it looks...
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i was impressed with john boehner's remarks, acknowledging the hateful remarks. and yet, steve king remains unbowed. let's hear what he says about child smugglers. >> but i can tell you this, 80 to 90% of illegal drugs consumed in america come from or through mexico. i can tell you that in mexico they are recruiting kids to be drug smugglers, between the ages of 11 and 18, the media is replete with this. anybody who reads the paper should know, especially those who live on the border should know that there are many, many young people coming across the border unlawfully who are smuggling drugs into the united states. >> joy, the reasoning there seems to be there are drug smugglers, therefore they must all be dreamers. there is in connection between the statistics he is spouting off. >> i can't imagine the republican party lost 72% of the latino vote. i can't figure it out. even when he is not speaking, and doubling down on the cantelope calves, all gays are just bad, bad, women should be baby machines. the republican party is going to die if they don't weed out th
i was impressed with john boehner's remarks, acknowledging the hateful remarks. and yet, steve king remains unbowed. let's hear what he says about child smugglers. >> but i can tell you this, 80 to 90% of illegal drugs consumed in america come from or through mexico. i can tell you that in mexico they are recruiting kids to be drug smugglers, between the ages of 11 and 18, the media is replete with this. anybody who reads the paper should know, especially those who live on the border...
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this morning, speaker john boehner once again tin
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boehner, but here is what president obama said last night that actually provoked speaker john boehner to stand and yes, applaud. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities, ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> president obama won over at least one republican senator. >> he put forth some good ideas, i agree we need to vote on guns, let's have the debate, let's have it out there. let's talk about what the constitution says and what the bill of rights is, and what tenth amendment rights are and second memoamendment. i think we ought to have votes. >> wayne lapierre has announced he will respond to the president's state-of-the-union address tomorrow. where else? at the national wild turkey federation convention. nr
boehner, but here is what president obama said last night that actually provoked speaker john boehner to stand and yes, applaud. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg...
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. >> john boehner likely will have to do it with democratic votes. >> immigration reform, that is a very difficult issue. >> remember this, we're still in the senate. >> leahy from vermont wants gay elements to bring in their friends. >> marco rubio is doing something very interesting. >> i respect people's views on the issue, this is already tough enough as it is. >> he is playing it down both sides against the middle. >> i have never seen a politician do that. >> i mean, if amnesty goes through, it is over, you have 11 million legalized. >> will never win another national election. thank you, marco rubio. >> he announced a new bill. >> thank you, marco rubio. >> many americans already say it is the goodest news they have heard all year. >> republicans thought they had a way of killing immigration reform today. it came in the form of what they called a poison pill amendment, something that if it gets in the bill it will create enough opposition to the bill to kill the bill. the poison bill was offered by republican senator chuck grassley, but five republicans opposed their party and kep
. >> john boehner likely will have to do it with democratic votes. >> immigration reform, that is a very difficult issue. >> remember this, we're still in the senate. >> leahy from vermont wants gay elements to bring in their friends. >> marco rubio is doing something very interesting. >> i respect people's views on the issue, this is already tough enough as it is. >> he is playing it down both sides against the middle. >> i have never seen a...
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the white house events, declined by john boehner and mitch mcconnell. john boehner declined the invitations to six state dinners that people in washington are dying to go to one state dinner. really, senior house and senate members have never been to a state dinner, and the list goes on and on. >> i think if we could stipulate a number of things, one is this entire debate is basically based in lunacy. >> yeah, we can stipulate. >> start with that, and second it also represents a dangerous and dramatic change of the behavioral norms, the use of the dynamics -- >> remember, no one knew what it was? >> the good old days. >> that used to get raised routinely, and it tended to be a partisan vote, meaning the party that was not in power would vote against it. >> you made a point -- now they threaten default. and of course, the -- while we're having all of this, unemployment is still -- still an intractable problem that is not being addressed. so if you can stipulate all of that, i see for all of this lunacy, there is slight progress, you saw it in -- >> wait,
the white house events, declined by john boehner and mitch mcconnell. john boehner declined the invitations to six state dinners that people in washington are dying to go to one state dinner. really, senior house and senate members have never been to a state dinner, and the list goes on and on. >> i think if we could stipulate a number of things, one is this entire debate is basically based in lunacy. >> yeah, we can stipulate. >> start with that, and second it also represents...
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and what would be reasonable to see is, john boehner can just call a vote. he could just say let's have a vote on whether it is a good idea. that would be great to get the article one foundation institutional policy on the record. >> i can't imagine, i don't know that john boehner would put his own caucus in that position. there are a lot of republicans that don't now how to really reconcile their desire to end what is seen as a bad thing over there in syria. 100,000 people are dead, there are 1.5 million refugees, it is an incredibly unstable regional conflict at this point. and then the reality of how you end that and the fact that there is no silver bullet. i just don't know that republicans can take the votes, the hawks versus the libertarians. >> what you really have to be looking out for here again, it is not -- there is that republican split. it has to do with a lot of members of congress. it is one thing to hear a lot of noise saying we have questions and need answers. that is sort of standard in modern times. my question is when it becomes more than
and what would be reasonable to see is, john boehner can just call a vote. he could just say let's have a vote on whether it is a good idea. that would be great to get the article one foundation institutional policy on the record. >> i can't imagine, i don't know that john boehner would put his own caucus in that position. there are a lot of republicans that don't now how to really reconcile their desire to end what is seen as a bad thing over there in syria. 100,000 people are dead,...
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first, john boehner said this about the president's proposal to reduce the annual increase in social security benefits. >> he does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms. that he has outlined in his budget. >> then came republican congressman greg walden. >> his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. i think he's going to have a lot of pushback from some of the major senior organizations on this, and republicans, as well. >> yes. that guy is a republican. and john boehner didn't like that one bit. >> i made it clear that i disagree with what chairman walden said. he and i have had a conversation about it. >> the man who used to lead the budget thinking in the house of representatives first said this. >> so change cpi. the president put this proposal in there, in his budget. first time he has done something like that. and so we interpret this as more or less an olive branch, meaning a good thing. >> and then he said this. >> we've never proposed it before. we've never proposed this. this is not our idea. >> that's how good a thi
first, john boehner said this about the president's proposal to reduce the annual increase in social security benefits. >> he does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms. that he has outlined in his budget. >> then came republican congressman greg walden. >> his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. i think he's going to have a lot of pushback from some of the major senior organizations on this, and republicans, as...
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. >> speaker john boehner is caving to tea party pressure. >> i want to commend speaker boehner. >> this is playing with fire. >> i'm not doing that. i'm not doing that. >> guess what? we are going to win the fight over here and get the job done >> i want to commend speaker boehner or leading. >> unimpeachable leadership skills. >> this is a moment for republicans to unite. >> this is playing with fire. >> just going to end in disaster for the republicans. >> you are entitled to your own opinion. but you are not entitled to your own facts. >> they do not have the votes. >> they're going to fail. >> why is john boehner doing this? >> i want to commend speaker boehner for leading. >> ted cruise still refuses to back down. >> ted cruise is running to be rush limbaugh. >> he can't keep getting away with this. >> it's idiotic. >> oh, i'm not doing that. i'm not doing that. >> republicans are now frantically warning tea party republican senator ted cruise that his plot to kill obamacare by defunding the government won't work. and will actually help president obama. the white house warned congr
. >> speaker john boehner is caving to tea party pressure. >> i want to commend speaker boehner. >> this is playing with fire. >> i'm not doing that. i'm not doing that. >> guess what? we are going to win the fight over here and get the job done >> i want to commend speaker boehner or leading. >> unimpeachable leadership skills. >> this is a moment for republicans to unite. >> this is playing with fire. >> just going to end in disaster...
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today house speaker john boehner said this. >> today is a new day. which means that we're sure to get a new story from the white house. on the irs scandal. white house was made aware but last month. yet no one, no one thought they should tell the president. fairly inconceivable to me. we are going to continue to seek answers until we get to the truth. >> last night on fox news, speaker boehner repeated his breath takingly stupid plea that someone, anyone, go to jail. and he did so, of course, without saying what crime someone would go to jail for. >> as i said last week, i'm not interested in who is going to resign. i'm interested who is going to jail. >> on fox news, john boehner also said that -- alex hayes -- you know, i should look over here before -- >> anyway, go ahead. >> that's an idea. alex hayes. >> i love you. >> exactly. >> got to gavel this meeting to order here. so there's boehner, saying, you know, someone is going to go to jail. he's repeated it last night to greta van susteren, who didn't say for what. you know, like no one there car
today house speaker john boehner said this. >> today is a new day. which means that we're sure to get a new story from the white house. on the irs scandal. white house was made aware but last month. yet no one, no one thought they should tell the president. fairly inconceivable to me. we are going to continue to seek answers until we get to the truth. >> last night on fox news, speaker boehner repeated his breath takingly stupid plea that someone, anyone, go to jail. and he did so,...
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. >> for john boehner to say it is a waste of time, it is not. >> members of congress, welcome back. >> after two week recess, please, please, get to work. >>> talking about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. >> the kids at sandy hook were aware they were where they were supposed to be. so were movie goers in aurora and worshippers in oak creek, so was gabrielle giffords, at a super market, listening to concerns of her constituents. they were exactly where they were supposed to be. they were also exercising their rights, to assemble peaceably, worship freely and safely. they were exercising the rights of life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness. >> the right to life is self-evident, so said our founding fathers. we hold these truths to be self-evident. the first right the founding fathers mention was the right to life. rights can come into conflict with other rights. my right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins. the right to bear arms, if it is to be interpreted as individual right, can come into conflict with your right to life. the right for nancy lanza to bear
. >> for john boehner to say it is a waste of time, it is not. >> members of congress, welcome back. >> after two week recess, please, please, get to work. >>> talking about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. >> the kids at sandy hook were aware they were where they were supposed to be. so were movie goers in aurora and worshippers in oak creek, so was gabrielle giffords, at a super market, listening to concerns of her constituents. they were exactly...
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. >>> john boehner says president obama is trying to annihilate the republican party. but up next, i'll explain why the gop is kind of doing a good job of it itself. and on that path, some republicans are trying to gerrymander it. some are saying we can't change the rules of the presidential election just because we lost one. meanwhile, threatening to filibuster, a deal was reached. others say it doesn't reform anything. >>> and crazy things happening in washington, we'll let you weigh in on the scandal of the week. ♪ hi dad. many years from now, when the subaru is theirs... hey. you missed a spot. ...i'll look back on this day and laugh. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. obfusc . >>> ryan's new budget is not the only really, really odd fight that republicans are about to pick. they have ano
. >>> john boehner says president obama is trying to annihilate the republican party. but up next, i'll explain why the gop is kind of doing a good job of it itself. and on that path, some republicans are trying to gerrymander it. some are saying we can't change the rules of the presidential election just because we lost one. meanwhile, threatening to filibuster, a deal was reached. others say it doesn't reform anything. >>> and crazy things happening in washington, we'll let...
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how bummed is john boehner now, eugene? >> you know, it is going to be kind of a drag for awhile, but he would have preferred just about any other republican to win that seat. that said, i think steve schmidt is right, i don't think it is an enduring problem necessarily depending how he behaves, and depending whether again he makes his new congressional career about him. in this race basically democrats were playing with house money. this is not a district that a democrat should win in, but from the republican side, temporary embarrassment aside, better to win than lose. so they want to see. they were supposed to win it, but they won it, so they have happy on that. >> if you look at the county map from the first district, what's interesting, it went red. there was some question charleston may go for elizabeth colbert busch. in the end, he got all of them. what do you make of that? >> this was an off, off, off year special election. usually you get low turnout for these, for democrats the same could happen in 2014, that obam
how bummed is john boehner now, eugene? >> you know, it is going to be kind of a drag for awhile, but he would have preferred just about any other republican to win that seat. that said, i think steve schmidt is right, i don't think it is an enduring problem necessarily depending how he behaves, and depending whether again he makes his new congressional career about him. in this race basically democrats were playing with house money. this is not a district that a democrat should win in,...
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that's as good as it gets. >> but john boehner and much of the rest of the republican party really do believe that somehow the job creators in this country are the rich, the people who run corporations, the people who run wall street. but the fact of the matter is that the job creators in america are the middle class and the poor. people who, because they buy things, create incentives for businesses to create more jobs. if the middle class and poor don't have enough purchasing power, if, actually, inequality is out of control, as it is right now, if we are cutting benefits for the poor, food stamps, medicaid, if governors say they won't even extend medicaid. if we are actually saying no to extended unemployment benefits, what we are doing, in effect, is making the entire economy less effective. we are making sure that businesses will not create new jobs, because there's not enough demand out there for the goods and services that businesses could create. we are creating at a vicious cycle in this economy and we are perpetuating a terrible, slow recovery that is actually just a hair's b
that's as good as it gets. >> but john boehner and much of the rest of the republican party really do believe that somehow the job creators in this country are the rich, the people who run corporations, the people who run wall street. but the fact of the matter is that the job creators in america are the middle class and the poor. people who, because they buy things, create incentives for businesses to create more jobs. if the middle class and poor don't have enough purchasing power, if,...
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what you see in that clip though is they have thoughts about john boehner, not all of them great. democrats have to figure out how they're going to -- what is their narrative going to be. julian, you made an excellent point and you did, too, lawrence, in stating it was liberal groups that were rejected, no tea party groups got rejected. those details i think will be lost in the fog of campaigning that is already going on, but i think democrats have to figure out what their narrative is going to be. >> julian, sorry, we have to go. we will be back on it. julian epstein, nia malika-henderson. sorry, we ran out of time. >>> coming up, ricin tainted letters were sent to new york city mayor michael bloomberg and his gun safety group. >>> and rudy giuliani, that p paragon of virtue wants to stand in judgment of anthony weiner, a big mistake for someone living in the glass house that rudy giuliani lives in. that will be in the "rewrite." he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it
what you see in that clip though is they have thoughts about john boehner, not all of them great. democrats have to figure out how they're going to -- what is their narrative going to be. julian, you made an excellent point and you did, too, lawrence, in stating it was liberal groups that were rejected, no tea party groups got rejected. those details i think will be lost in the fog of campaigning that is already going on, but i think democrats have to figure out what their narrative is going to...
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. >> so turns out, john boehner getting 98% of what he wanted was not enough, was just not enough. >> and it is barack obama's fault. the position is unique, on one hand they want to say the president is not serious about deficit reduction, that he doesn't care about the deficit and wants to blow it up. on the other hand, he wants these draconian cuts and suddenly he is the king of austerity. the interesting thing is, they are the party that has been pushing, cutting the budget since the debt ceiling crisis. i mean, that is what this came out of. and now they want to turn around and place it on obama, but on the other hand they want to kind of convince us that they would ultimately go through the sequester if push came to shove. >> steve, that was very rude of jay carney to remind us of what, to use numbers like the factual record. >> we can see this week -- in 2011, it happened twice, actually o-- first, there was this continuing resolution fight early in 2011. republicans were ready to shut down the government over spending cut demands. and the white house, what we now see there is
. >> so turns out, john boehner getting 98% of what he wanted was not enough, was just not enough. >> and it is barack obama's fault. the position is unique, on one hand they want to say the president is not serious about deficit reduction, that he doesn't care about the deficit and wants to blow it up. on the other hand, he wants these draconian cuts and suddenly he is the king of austerity. the interesting thing is, they are the party that has been pushing, cutting the budget...
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. >> now, of course, people who believe that john boehner is the greatest speaker of the house criticized that saying there she is trying to bring emotional testimony into that. i don't know how you describe that scene without some emotional expression. >> i think the outcry, imagine if the tables were turned and there was a republican secretary talking about that and did so with the emotion that hillary clinton did and there was an outcry that it was fake and it was hood winked. >> let's take a look at john kerry. if you confirm me, i would take office as secretary proud that the senate is in my blood. but equally proud that so too is the foreign service. my father's work under presidents both democrat and republican took me and my siblings around the world for a personal journey and sacrifices that the men and women make every day on behalf of america. >> no criticism for that. >> the criticism about secretary clinton that i thought, here she was clearly taking responsibility. i think the reason that she teared up is that she feels responsible. as the moment that she takes responsibilit
. >> now, of course, people who believe that john boehner is the greatest speaker of the house criticized that saying there she is trying to bring emotional testimony into that. i don't know how you describe that scene without some emotional expression. >> i think the outcry, imagine if the tables were turned and there was a republican secretary talking about that and did so with the emotion that hillary clinton did and there was an outcry that it was fake and it was hood winked....
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let's listen to what john boehner had to say today about health care reform republican style. >> when you look at obama care, what you see is a government-centered health care delivery system. that's not what the american people want. the american people want to pick their own type of insurance, their own doctor, their own hospital. that's what a patient-centered health care system looks like. >> will that be up for a vote in 2014, a plan like that? >> will that be up in 2014? >> we'll see. >> steve schmidt, the guy can't even take the question seriously. the republicans in the house would vote on anything involving health care from their side, an idea from their side. >> it's interesting, one of the founders of the democratic leadership council out with a book today that charts bill clinton's rise to power. when you look at bill clinton coming to power after three disastrous elections where the democratic party was viewed as unelectable by a lot of the country, it was fueled by ideas, by platform, by a vision of where to lead to reinvent the party. and you see the great deficit in th
let's listen to what john boehner had to say today about health care reform republican style. >> when you look at obama care, what you see is a government-centered health care delivery system. that's not what the american people want. the american people want to pick their own type of insurance, their own doctor, their own hospital. that's what a patient-centered health care system looks like. >> will that be up for a vote in 2014, a plan like that? >> will that be up in 2014?...
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boehner. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign. my question is who's going to jail over this scandal? >> and the irs's official answer to that today is no one. the report found that no one committed any crimes. the report says "we have not found evidence of intentional wrongdoing by irs personnel." and there was nothing in the new report to encourage darrell issa's wild imaginings. >> this was a targeting of the president's political enemies, effectively, and lies about it during the election year so that it wasn't discovered till afterwards. >> the report also could not find "involvement in these matters" by anyone outside of the irs. sorry, darrell. the irs reports that progressive, yes, the word "progressive" was used as a search term to identify applications for tax-exempt status also. so so much for the targeting of the president's political enemies theory. the irs did devote some attention to the problem i identified on the first day of this so-called scandal, which is of course the conflict between the law as written and the
boehner. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign. my question is who's going to jail over this scandal? >> and the irs's official answer to that today is no one. the report found that no one committed any crimes. the report says "we have not found evidence of intentional wrongdoing by irs personnel." and there was nothing in the new report to encourage darrell issa's wild imaginings. >> this was a targeting of the president's political enemies, effectively,...
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. >> even speaker john boehner, he has the party, he is not a strong speaker. >> if they called him a woman, he would be a weak speaker. >> she knew my one weakness, and i'm weak. >> maybe. >> somebody get that man a bourbon. >>> i'm alex wagner, in for lawrence. after the republicans lost the presidency and seats in the house and senate, the republican party released a 97-page autopsy to determine what exactly went so very wrong. it included diagnosis like this, when it comes to social issues, the party must indeed be inclusii inclusive and welcoming, if not, we will not gain others in the party, including women. regarding roe v. wade, eliminating the right of a woman choosing 20 weeks after conception. it didn't prevent the republican, phil gingri making the defense of marriage act, using this particularly terrible argument. >> maybe part of the problem is we need to go back into the schools at a very early age, maybe at the grade school level and have a class for the young girls. and have a class for the young girls and say you know, this is what is important. you know, this is wha
. >> even speaker john boehner, he has the party, he is not a strong speaker. >> if they called him a woman, he would be a weak speaker. >> she knew my one weakness, and i'm weak. >> maybe. >> somebody get that man a bourbon. >>> i'm alex wagner, in for lawrence. after the republicans lost the presidency and seats in the house and senate, the republican party released a 97-page autopsy to determine what exactly went so very wrong. it included diagnosis...
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interestingly enough, lawrence, as i'm sure enough when john boehner took the speaker's gavel, house republicans would act in a good manner and carry themselves in high regard and have good personal conduct. they remember mark foley, a different case than this but attribute that to why they lost the majority in 2006. report of the ""cincinnati enquirer"" reports trey radel's father saying the leadership does not want his son to resign. they are comfortable with him taking this leave of absence so if we take trey radel's father at his word, apparently the leadership is okay with this. the last time there was a similar incident and a congressman in western new york, chris lee sent a topless photo of himself to a craigslist individual or an individual over craigslist the leadership got him out literally the day that broke so they seem to have some more leniency and believe this probably will not hurt them long-term but i will say they were on a pretty good tear regarding the president's health care law and for two days trey radel, who was an unknown congressman to the rest of the countr
interestingly enough, lawrence, as i'm sure enough when john boehner took the speaker's gavel, house republicans would act in a good manner and carry themselves in high regard and have good personal conduct. they remember mark foley, a different case than this but attribute that to why they lost the majority in 2006. report of the ""cincinnati enquirer"" reports trey radel's father saying the leadership does not want his son to resign. they are comfortable with him taking...
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president obama has offered john boehner a way out of sequester hell, a package that involves less dramatic spending cuts and elimination through the reduction of tax loopholes. >> they recognize that the sequester is a bad idea, but what they suggested is that the only way to replace it now is for us to cut social security, cut medicare, and not close a single loophole, not raise any additional revenue from the wealthiest americans or corporations that have a lot of lawyers and accountants who are able to maneuver and manage and work and game the system. and i have to tell you, if that's an argument that they want to have before the court of public opinion, that is an argument i'm more than willing to engage in. >> joining me now is noble prize winning economist paul krugman. he's a professor of economics at princeton university and author of the book, "end this depression now" which is now available in paperback. professor krugman, you know what i do, i take notes. i'm going to be over here taking notes. i want to get your reaction to what the president said today about his eagerness for
president obama has offered john boehner a way out of sequester hell, a package that involves less dramatic spending cuts and elimination through the reduction of tax loopholes. >> they recognize that the sequester is a bad idea, but what they suggested is that the only way to replace it now is for us to cut social security, cut medicare, and not close a single loophole, not raise any additional revenue from the wealthiest americans or corporations that have a lot of lawyers and...
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so i guess john boehner is now opposed to divorce. according to the "washington post" polling and historic high of 58% of americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, but only 34% of republicans believe same-sex marriage should be legal. today politico published an informal survey of republicans when asked if his views had changed on same-sex marriage, retiring republican senator saxby chambliss said, "i'm not gay." which many of us had actually suspended already. senator lindsey graham resisted the saxby chambliss urge to reveal his sexual preference and instead said "i'm with south carolina. i believe in traditional marriage between a man and a woman." the divorce rate, of course, in south carolina is zero. senator rand paul violated his libertarian principles in saying, "i believe in traditional, historic and the religious nature of marriage. marriage should remain a state issue." chris christie said something incomprehensible to the "new jersey star ledger." asked about ohio senator rod portman's decision this week to supp
so i guess john boehner is now opposed to divorce. according to the "washington post" polling and historic high of 58% of americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, but only 34% of republicans believe same-sex marriage should be legal. today politico published an informal survey of republicans when asked if his views had changed on same-sex marriage, retiring republican senator saxby chambliss said, "i'm not gay." which many of us had actually suspended already....
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. >> after the meeting with the president, john boehner and eric cantor offered their assessments. >> we have a spending problem. we have to attack the spending. the president understands we have long term spending we need to deal with, but he's going to hold hostage the fact he wants to raise taxes on the american people, again. >> you know, again, if the president wants to let our unwillingness to raise taxes get in the way, we are not going to be able to set differences aside and focus on what we agree on. my take away was there. >> president obama spoke at an organizing event where he explained motivations for reaching out to republicans. >> over the last several weeks, the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. the truth of the matter is i have been calling up folks and trying to see if we can breakthrough some of the -- some of the gobbledygook of our politics here. i actually just want to govern. at least for a couple years. >> crystal ball, imagine that, he just wants to govern. it is reported the republicans gave the president a standing ov
. >> after the meeting with the president, john boehner and eric cantor offered their assessments. >> we have a spending problem. we have to attack the spending. the president understands we have long term spending we need to deal with, but he's going to hold hostage the fact he wants to raise taxes on the american people, again. >> you know, again, if the president wants to let our unwillingness to raise taxes get in the way, we are not going to be able to set differences...
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house speaker john boehner's office released this statement. senator portman is a great friend and ally and the speaker respects his position but the speaker continues to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. house majority leader eric cantor says i think senator portman is entitled to his positions and we are a party of diversity and i think of respect. this was the reaction from a man in a hat at cpac. >> quit being so selfish as to think only about his son, go home and allow somebody in there that's in a traditional line of the godly principles that the constitution was founded on. >> joining me from cpac, anna maria. we had that choice nugget from the man in the hat. how are people in hats or not in hats taking the portman news? >> i think that actually it is important to remember most people are not wearing hats and most people here are students and this is a young conservative convention, about half the people here are college students. i think for the most part people i talked to consider it a private matter, but they think
house speaker john boehner's office released this statement. senator portman is a great friend and ally and the speaker respects his position but the speaker continues to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. house majority leader eric cantor says i think senator portman is entitled to his positions and we are a party of diversity and i think of respect. this was the reaction from a man in a hat at cpac. >> quit being so selfish as to think only about his son, go home and...
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. >> one of the big winners of the affordable care act now appears to be speaker of the house john boehner. he was so certain it was going to be impossible to enroll and he did a media stunt of enrolling and he got himself a pretty good deal? >> i'm happy for him. i hope he is imbued with the holiday spirit. >> i'm sure a few months from now he will be praising it and say for me it's actually working very well. i'm sure he will tell us the truth. >> one thing we know for sure is that those folks do not want this to succeed. it's fine to have oversight but the truth is they want the plan to succeed. the only thing we can do is scrap it and i think the question that needs to be asked again and again and again is what's your answer? what's your answer for people who get tlaun off of their insurance because they get sick? what's your answer for double digit increases? for the last three years we have had a record small increase and that is attributed in part to the affordable care act. >> david, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> happy holiday. >> thank you. you, too. coming up, mi
. >> one of the big winners of the affordable care act now appears to be speaker of the house john boehner. he was so certain it was going to be impossible to enroll and he did a media stunt of enrolling and he got himself a pretty good deal? >> i'm happy for him. i hope he is imbued with the holiday spirit. >> i'm sure a few months from now he will be praising it and say for me it's actually working very well. i'm sure he will tell us the truth. >> one thing we know for...
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in fact, john boehner called the cuts devastating. so they were never going to be allowed to happen. that was also the republican line during the election. romney saying that it would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. no way we would let that happen. since then, though, the republicans have had a sequester eepipha eepiphany. the sequester, not so bad, full of useless stuff the government does, and the republicans love spending cuts, except one, they don't love it so much they are willing to dig deep into their own pockets to cover the cost, they cannot abide the idea that the american people in a time of austerity would be denied the essential government function of white house -- >> i'll make you a deal, mr. president, jay carney, grab your pencil, i'll cover the white house expenses, if i can get the white house doors open, i'll pick up the tab. mr. carney, you know it is an offer you can't refuse. >> sean hannity is ready to contribute to the cause, tweeted, great idea, count me in, i'll pay for a week also. the rnc has begun a p
in fact, john boehner called the cuts devastating. so they were never going to be allowed to happen. that was also the republican line during the election. romney saying that it would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. no way we would let that happen. since then, though, the republicans have had a sequester eepipha eepiphany. the sequester, not so bad, full of useless stuff the government does, and the republicans love spending cuts, except one, they don't love it so much they are willing to...
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. >> john boehner's response to this is we pass bills all the time. they just don't pass the senate and don't get the president's signatures so don't blame us for not doing anything. >> well, they do pass bills but have you looked at those bills? they are an athama to the senate democrat majority and to the president that has to sign them in law and they are unyielding on this. they have no interest in working with democrats in the house, for example, to come out with something in the middle or something that would pass muster. so, yes, they throw mud but it doesn't stick. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a last word exclusive. the three rochester high school students charged with loitering while waiting for their school bus. they will join me. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us al
. >> john boehner's response to this is we pass bills all the time. they just don't pass the senate and don't get the president's signatures so don't blame us for not doing anything. >> well, they do pass bills but have you looked at those bills? they are an athama to the senate democrat majority and to the president that has to sign them in law and they are unyielding on this. they have no interest in working with democrats in the house, for example, to come out with something in...
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. >> john boehner has called the upton bill a targeted strike. >> what is unacceptable is what the republicans want to do. >> what is it that you want to do? >> scrap this law once and for all. >> we can't go back to the status quo. >> the website will get fixed. this will get better. >> it is going to work. >> the health care law has survived a lot. >> the bill is passed. >> well, wait a minute. wait a minute. >> it can be upheld. >> i am your father. >> the health care law has survived a lot. >> the mood among democrats has gone from nervous to panicked. >> is that it? is it over? is that your understanding? >> absolutely not. we've got to move forward on this. >>> president obama gave an emergency state of the union address today, which was all about the state of the affordable care act. nothing the president says in his next scheduled state of the union address will matter, if the problems he discussed today are not solved before then. >> we fumbled the rollout on this health care law. this is something that's really important to me and it's really important to millions of americans who ha
. >> john boehner has called the upton bill a targeted strike. >> what is unacceptable is what the republicans want to do. >> what is it that you want to do? >> scrap this law once and for all. >> we can't go back to the status quo. >> the website will get fixed. this will get better. >> it is going to work. >> the health care law has survived a lot. >> the bill is passed. >> well, wait a minute. wait a minute. >> it can be...
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boehner. they are lying, of course. they have no intention of mounting tea party challenges against 87 republicans, least of all, daryl issa, who is the richest member in the house and senate. his wealth is at least $350 million. he has the money to crush any tea party challenger who comes his way and the tea party knows it. the tea party is not going to go after most of the 87 members of congress, who they claim they are out to get. so republican world has become a game of the liars versus the trait traitors and boy do they deserve each other. na. tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee, affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of tires? your ford dealer. i'm beginning to sense a pattern. get up to $140 in mail-in rebates when you buy four select tires with the ford service credit card. where'd you g
boehner. they are lying, of course. they have no intention of mounting tea party challenges against 87 republicans, least of all, daryl issa, who is the richest member in the house and senate. his wealth is at least $350 million. he has the money to crush any tea party challenger who comes his way and the tea party knows it. the tea party is not going to go after most of the 87 members of congress, who they claim they are out to get. so republican world has become a game of the liars versus the...